Kermit Van Every

Kermit Van Every

Kermit Van Every was an aeronautical engineer who worked in the area of very high speed flight. He is noted mainly for designing the configuration of the Douglas Skyrocket Hunley, J.D. "et al." (1999) [http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19990054836_1999088198.pdf "Toward Mach 2: The Douglas D-558 Program (The NASA History Series)"] , NASA SP-4222.] with Ed Heinemann. He also has the unusual honor of having won the Wright Brothers Medal twice, in 1948 and 1958.

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